FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 2, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed BOS by 16 at halftime and won 109–105.

Final
MIL108
CLE111
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +3
Final
BOS105
ATL109
Q1 ATL -12; Q2 ATL -16; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL +4
Final
LAL106
DET96
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +10
Final
BKN98
NYK93
Q1 BKN +9; Q2 BKN +4; Q3 BKN +13; Q4 BKN +5
Final · 2OT
DAL132
CHI129
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL 0; OT2 DAL +3
Final
OKC104
NOP112
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +17; Q3 NOP +11; Q4 NOP +8
Final
POR105
DEN103
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +2
Final
IND99
PHX116
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +17
Final
TOR117
SAC109
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +8
Final
ORL97
GSW98
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +1
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2013–14Dec 2, 2013: 5 games. Top scorer: Paul George (IND @ POR), 43 points.
The lead · BOS @ ATL

Atlanta erases 16-point lead, steals one from Boston

Boston led 66–50 at halftime. Atlanta won the second half 59–39 to take it 109–105. Kyle Korver led Atlanta with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-16-5+4ATL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS42241920105
ATL30203029109
Who led
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 0, 8, 12, 2, 19, 11, 12, 24ATL24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 16, 29, 15, 17, 8, 13, 18, 19ATL19 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 19, 28, 11, 12, 19, 10, 16, 25BOS25 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jared SullingerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 19, 18, 22, 13, 19, 23, 9, 22BOS22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 17.

GSW over ORL1POR over DEN2CLE over MIL3DAL over CHI3ATL over BOS4BKN over NYK5NOP over OKC8TOR over SAC8LAL over DET10PHX over IND17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.6Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 17 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg48.8Today

49 minutes today, against 29.9 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 39

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 22, 16, 20, 33, 9, 19, 26, 39POR @ DEN · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 34, 20, 17, 24, 8, 30, 18, 38DAL @ CHI · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 12, 10, 11, 6, 20, 7, 22, 34PHX vs IND · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 13, 18, 10, 9, 22, 18, 4, 30NOP vs OKC · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 17, 27, 12, 23, 22, 15, 25, 29CHI vs DAL · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 20, 20, 22, 21, 12, 18, 24, 28CLE vs MIL · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST